Last Updated Jan 10, 3:00 pm
More than mere comments, discussions make it simple to work with your whole team.
We've recently beefed up GroupNews stories with a wildly improved discussion section that your entire group can take part in. Got questions about the news you just read, or want to follow up and add some more context? No need to jump over to Slack, Teams, or Email. Kick off a …read more
Give your stories some visual flair by adding an image
Adding a picture to your story is incredibly easy. Just click on "Choose an Image", or simply drag your image to the Featured image window: [You can easily upload a photo for your story via the Featured image window] …read more
Newsletters are the central source of news within each GroupNews account. A newsletter in GroupNews is a centralized source of relevant and valuable information for your group. Your group can have one newsletter, or it can have many. Editions An Edition is a particular …read more
GroupNews newsletters are automatically published on a regular schedule as Editions. As long as you have at least one story submitted to an upcoming edition, it will be published according to the schedule you set. Newsletters can be published daily, weekly, monthly, or …read more
Your GroupNews Group works best when people on your team are members of the Group. You can invite people to any Group you manage using their email address. If your group is subscribed to a Premium plan, you can also create invitations automatically by setting up one or more …read more
Only admins can assign authors
When creating a newsletter, part of the setup process will be assigning authors. An author is any member of the group who has permission to write content for that newsletter. To assign an author, simply check the “Can Author” box next to that person’s name when setting up the …read more
Stories are at the heart of GroupNews. Stories are the content that is published in the newsletters. Users assigned as Authors can submit stories. Stories can be anything: announcements, updates, events, important links - the list is as endless as your imagination.
An Author in GroupNews is a member of a Group who can write stories for one or more of the Group’s newsletters and submit them for publication. How do I Become an Author? In a GroupNews family plan, every group member is automatically an author. For all other plans, the group …read more
It's an easy-to-use online news publishing platform that allows any group to publish newsletters just like this one.
You can think of it as a version of The New York Times, The Washington Post, or your favorite online newspaper with your team front and center. Organize and publish the content your team needs to know. Everyone involved has easy access to it on your private GroupNews site. …read more
A Group in GroupNews is made up of one or more people who want to keep each other informed. Your group can be your company, your team, an organization you belong to, your family, or any group of people you’re a part of.
If you got an email that you are an "author", you'll want to read this!
Writing a story is super easy. If you're an author, you'll get periodic email reminders asking you if you have anything to contribute. Like this: [Email reminders look like this] When you click on the green link, you'll log in and be brought to the story writing page. Which …read more
You may be a member of more than one Group. In that case, you have the ability to switch between your groups at any time. All of your groups appear as icons on the left side of your screen. Simply click on your desired group’s icon to make that group active: [It's easy to switch …read more
Studies show that poor internal communication has a tremendous impact on the workforce. Stress and low morale for employees and missed performance objectives are just some of the negative consequences. But there are so many tools for internal communication. Email, Slack, Teams, …read more
Today, we're introducing a new approach to solving the issue of ineffective cross team communication. Say hello to GroupNews.
It started as a back-of-the-napkin idea that my brother Christian and I were bandying about not too long after the world went into COVID lockdown. Remote work was a new reality for a whole lot of people. Everyone was finding their footing in the uncertainty. Many people were …read more
I have worked in university administration for my entire career. Departments in higher education tend to work in silos, with staff concerned mainly with their own responsibilities and projects. As a result, a common complaint among workers in the industry is that "nobody knows …read more
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